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4.0 Potential Coastal Receiver Areas 4.0 POTENTIAL COASTAL RECEIVER AREAS The San Diego shoreline, including the beaches, bluffs, bays, and estuaries, is a significant environmental and recreational resource. It is an integral component of the area’s ecosystem and is interconnected with the nearshore ocean environment, coastal lagoons, wetland habitats, and upstream watersheds. The beaches are also a valuable economic resource and key part of the region’s positive image and overall quality of life. The shoreline consists primarily of narrow beaches backed by steep sea cliffs. In present times, the coastline is erosional except for localized and short-lived accretion due to historic nourishment activities. The beaches and cliffs have been eroding for thousands of years caused by ocean waves and rising sea levels which continue to aggravate this erosion. Episodic and site- specific coastal retreat, such as bluff collapse, is inevitable, although some coastal areas have remained stable for many years. In recent times, this erosion has been accelerated by urban development. The natural supply of sand to the region’s beaches has been significantly diminished by flood control structures, dams, siltation basins, removal of sand and gravel through mining operations, harbor construction, increased wave energy since the late 1970s, and the creation of impervious surfaces associated with urbanization and development. With more development, the region’s beaches will continue to lose more sand and suffer increased erosion, thereby reducing, and possibly eliminating their physical, resource and economic benefits. The State of the Coast Report, San Diego Region (USACE 1991) evaluated the natural and man- made coastal processes within the region. This document stated that during the next 50 years, the San Diego region “…is on a collision course. With sandy beaches backed by sea cliffs, beach erosion and failure of the sea cliffs must be anticipated. Extensive damage and loss of property will occur. While the amount of erosion is dependent upon sea level change, as well as the wave climate, particularly severe storm events,” the report concludes that “all the beaches of the San Diego region are threatened with erosion.” According to the USACE, “…the apparent stability of the beaches is belied by rigorous examination of the historical beach profiles and summation of previous beach nourishment. Without the earlier massive input of beach fill, the shoreline of the San Diego Region would exhibit nearly continuous erosion from Oceanside Harbor to the international border. New sources of beach-quality sand need to be readied for beach nourishment following severe storm events and for long-term protection from rising sea level.” 4.1 Beach Erosion Sites Beach erosion is continually documented by the federal, state, regional, and local governments. The CSMW focuses on addressing statewide sediment management and has systematically inventoried BECAs throughout coastal California, including those of local concern in selected San Diego Coastal RSM Plan 28 areas of the coast. SANDAG is assessing BECAs within the San Diego Coastal RSM Plan region, and inventories of coastal erosion areas are provided in the pages to follow. 4.1.1 State Beach Erosion Concern Areas The draft California Beach Restoration Survey (2008) presents information about BECAs, including those in the San Diego region provided to CSMW by SANDAG and USACE (Figure 7). These sites have been identified through various data sources including: local surveys done by Cities or SANDAG as part of monitoring programs, extensive analyses by the USACE (1990 and 1991), analyses performed by DBW/SANDAG (1994), a survey conducted by DBW in 2000, and locations currently being investigated for federal interest by the USACE. Recent evaluation of erosion areas was performed by SANDAG and the CSMW as part of the SCOUP (Moffatt & Nichol 2006). The SCOUP program evaluated potential erosion areas and recommended sand placement sites for opportunistic sand. The sites identified by the various efforts listed above are listed in Table 2, and comprise the recommended initial BECAs for this Coastal RSM Plan. Table 2 – Beach Erosion Concern Areas Compiled by the CSMW Reach of Coast Source of Designation North County San Diego/South Oceanside Survey; USACE; CRSMP North Carlsbad State Beach CRSMP Agua Hedionda/Encinas CRSMP South Carlsbad State Beach/Encinas Creek Survey; CRSMP Batiquitos Beaches (in Carlsbad and CRSMP Encinitas) Encinitas/Leucadia Beach USACE; CRSMP Encinitas/Moonlight Beach USACE; CRSMP Cardiff State Beach/San Elijo Lagoon CRSMP Beach Solana Beach/Fletcher Cove USACE; CRSMP Del Mar City Beach/San Dieguito Lagoon CRSMP Beach Torrey Pines State Beach CRSMP Mission Beach CRSMP Ocean Beach (San Diego) CRSMP Coronado CRSMP Imperial Beach USACE; CRSMP Border Field State Park Beach CRSMP Sources: Survey - Location identified in DBWs initial survey of erosion sites USACE - Location under assessment for federal interest CRSMP - Location identified within this Coastal RSM Plan San Diego Coastal RSM Plan 29 Source: CSMW 2008 Figure 7 – State of California Beach Erosion Concern Areas San Diego Coastal RSM Plan 30 The Mission Beach, Ocean Beach, and Coronado BECAs are less erosive then the others, but they do experience periodic problems during severe winter storm waves. 4.1.2 SANDAG Shoreline Erosion Problem Areas SANDAG has identified “problem” coastal erosion areas in the SPS (1993) (Figure 8). The problem areas were identified based on existing beach profile surveys by the USACE and observations made by SANDAG member agencies. DBW/SANDAG (1994) inventoried the region and categorized each beach according to its erosional condition. The analysis by SANDAG and DBW was consistent with the SPS. In North County, the entire reach of coast from Oceanside to La Jolla Shores is considered an erosion problem area. There is a lengthy reach of erosion throughout North County and it requires some sort of remediation in the opinion of SANDAG and its members. The condition of eroding coastal bluffs from La Jolla through Oceanside, with intermittent narrow beaches along low-lying backshore areas near lagoons, supports this conclusion. Another extensive problem area exists throughout Imperial Beach to south of the Mexican Border in South County. USACE research (1990 and 1991) shows a high erosion rate along this reach of coast, and observations by DBW/SANDAG (1994) shows evidence of this erosion. Erosion is documented and observed to the present by monitors and locals. Mission, Ocean, and Coronado Beaches were not included in the SPS as highly erosive areas as they were wider in the early 1990s than at the present. 4.2 Beach Profiles Beaches are commonly characterized by cross-shore surveys. The resulting profiles represent the elevation of the beach surface and nearshore seabed from the back of the beach to beyond the closure depth. The profile data show seasonal and long-term elevation changes in the beach and nearshore zone. These beach profile data provide information pertaining to the historic and existing sand volumes, beach elevations, and shoreline positions that are useful for planning and design. SANDAG has recorded beach profiles throughout the Coastal RSM Plan area since 1995, and the USACE recorded profiles from 1934 to 1989. North and South County profile locations are shown in Figures 9 and 10, respectively. Profiles are presently recorded in April/May to measure post-winter conditions and in October to measure post-summer conditions. The beach profiles are used to assess seasonal changes in sand movement on- and offshore, shoreline position, beach retreat or advance, and closure depth. The latest profiles are assumed to represent existing conditions at each sand placement site. Representative beach profiles from North County (Moonlight Beach), Central County (Mission Beach), and South County (Imperial Beach) are show in Figures 11, 12, and 13, respectively. The profiles tend to be very similar as the sediment grain sizes between the littoral cells show San Diego Coastal RSM Plan 31 Source: SANDAG Shoreline Preservation Strategy 1993 Figure 8 – SANDAG Shoreline Erosion Problem Areas San Diego Coastal RSM Plan 32 Figure 9 – Beach Profile Locations (North County) San Diego Coastal RSM Plan 33 Figure 10 – Beach Profile Locations (Central and South County) San Diego Coastal RSM Plan 34 Source: Coastal Frontiers, 2008 Figure 11 – Beach Profiles for Moonlight Beach (North County) San Diego Coastal RSM Plan 35 Source: Coastal Frontiers, 2008 Figure 12 – Beach Profiles for Mission Beach (Central County) San Diego Coastal RSM Plan 36 Source: Coastal Frontiers, 2008 Figure 13 – Beach Profiles for Imperial Beach (South County) San Diego Coastal RSM Plan 37 little variance because the inland geology is fairly uniform throughout the region’s watersheds, and wave conditions and energy imposed on the profile locations are similar throughout the region. Depths to the closure of the profiles, or the point at which seasonal changes are no longer discernible, are similar throughout the region (Table 3) (Coastal Frontiers 2007). The slopes of beach profiles out to the closure depth are similar for each site, with a slightly steeper slope in North County than Central and South County. Table 3 – Beach Profile Data for Representative Beaches Beach Profile Depth of Beach Profile Percent Slope Designation Closure (Feet, Slope Ratio to MLLW) Moonlight Beach SD-0670 -29 feet 1:34 2.9 Mission Beach MB-0340 -30 feet 1:40 2.5 Imperial Beach SS-0025 -27 feet 1:38 2.6 MLLW: Mean Lower Low Water The envelopes of the beach profiles show seasonal and long-term extremes in profile elevations, from lower elevations in severe winters to higher elevations during quiet periods and summer. Post-beach nourishment profiles are shown on the figures to depict their elevations after implementation of RBSP I. 4.3 Existing Coastal Sediment Quality Beach sand data were collected for individual coastal cities in support of opportunistic beach fill programs, and for SANDAG as part of the SCOUP I and II Plans (Moffatt & Nichol 2006 and 2008, respectively).
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